After repairing our engine mounts in Shearwater/Bella Bella, we decided to venture north again, but more towards the interior this time, first spending a couple of nights in Troup Narrows, highlighted by a young bear who visited the nearby beach both days. From Troup Narrows, we headed up the 30 miles or so along Roscoe Continue Reading
Category: Anchorages
McMullin Group Islands
Our travels through the outer islands on the central coast started with a stop at a small anchorage on the northeast sode of the McMullin Group, a small cluster of islets between the Goose Group to the south across Golby Passage, and Potts Island to the Northeast. The guide book talked about this spot as Continue Reading
Alexander Mackenzie Rock
I’m a fan of history – many/most of the books I read and podcasts I listen to are non-fiction and often about history. A number of the Canadian history books I’ve read have been about the fur trade and a few years ago I read Alexander Mackenzie’s book – the Journal of the Voyage to Continue Reading
Catching Up
We’ve been mostly out of cell phone and internet range north of Bella Bella these last few weeks, and the little service we’ve had has only given us time for some quick Instagram updates. We’re back in Bella Bella now (ironically, waiting for the post to deliver us a cell phone range extender) and getting Continue Reading
Pruth Bay, Calvert Island
Come for the anchorage, stay for the beaches!
Anchored at Miles Inlet
A couple of drone shots from our anchorage on August 12th, 2021.
Photos from the Broughtons
After a few days in Alert Bay, we headed North across Queen Charlotte Strait. We made several stops – Polkinghorne Islands, Grappler Cove, Laura Cove, Echo Bay, and then Waddington Bay. Once you leave the larger towns, cell service (and therefore internet!) is very limited. These are a few photos of our week away from Continue Reading
Alert Bay, BC
As you leave Johnstone Strait, the first town you come to is Alert Bay. Located on Cormorant Island in traditional Kwakwaka’wakw territory, Alert Bay was the social hub of the Central Coast during the height of the West Coast fishery. It is now a much smaller village, with about 1200 full time residents. We stopped Continue Reading
Wild Harvest
Cooking with Sea Asparagus
Jedediah Island
We spent Thursday night (July 15) in Smuggler’s Cove on the Sunshine Coast, one of our (and probably many boaters’) favourite anchorages in the Vancouver area. It gave us an opportunity to catch up one final time with good friends who were renting a cabin in Halfmoon Bay. On Friday, we sailed across to Jedediah Continue Reading